Songs in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew, 1920?-1950?
שירים ביודאו-ערבי ועברית

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.

Language:

Hebrew

Judeo-Arabic

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Mizrahi Bookstore (Brooklyn, New York) to Jacob Djmal.

Sold by Jacob Djmal (Brooklyn, New York), 2018.

Physical Description:

2 bifolia : paper ; 135 x 210 mm (bifolium 1, unfolded), 153 x 210 mm (bifolium 2, unfolded)

Place of Publication:

1920?-1950?

Language Note:

In Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.

Summary:

These are two bifolia of poems in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew; the second bifolium contains two poems by Asher Mizrahi (1890-1967), and the Ḥairʼanah leh (חיראנה ליה, حيرانه ليه) by Ahmed Rami (1892-1981), later put to music by Dawood Hosni (1870-1937) and sung by Leila Mourad (1918-1995), all from Egypt. The first leaf is written in smaller script with closer paragraphs, and the second leaf is in larger script by a different hand with lines dividing the poems. Both leaves are written on commercial paper printed with a grid. These items were previously laid in CAJS Rar Ms 519, Goralot, segulot, and amulets by Meʼir Tsabaḥ (Djmal).

Contents:

1. f. 1r-v: [Song in Judeo-Arabic]

2. f. 2r: Haḥlifi livshe galutekha / [Asher Mizrahi]

3. f. 2r: Anah adoni hineh bineni

f. 2r: Ḥairʼanah leh / [Ahmed Rami]

f. 2v: Eskeri lili

f. 2v: Yah eli

f. 2v: ʻAd anah dodi / [Asher Mizrahi].

1. f. 1r-v: [שיר ביודאו-ערבי]

2. f. 2r: החליפי לבשי גלותך / [אשר מזרחי]

3. f. 2r: אנה אדוני הנה בניני

f. 2r: חיראנה ליה / [אחמד רמי]

f. 2v: אשכרי לילי

f. 2v: יה אלי

f. 2v: עד אנה דודי / [אשר מזרחי].

Cited as:

UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 522.

OCLC:

1124924774

Online:

The Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund Home Page